Q. I was diagnosed as having a severe deficiency (9.7) and started taking prescription supplements. I was wondering how long it took others to start feeling less fatigued and achy once they got treatment. (My doctor is out of town so I have to wait to ask her.)
A. your doctor will do more blood work to see what the new level is. Be sure that you are taking vitamin D3 which is natural like from sunlight and if you only take 10,000 - 15,000 IU or so on prescription then you can get the same from dietary supplements OTC and save some money. Just tell your doctor
What harm can having Low Vitamin D do to your body?
Q. I just got my blood results back from my checkup I am nearly 27 years old and they said I have a vitamin deficiency of about 19
they said that it is really low for my age
what can having low vitamin d to to your body
what are the risks if left untreated
please help
thank you
they said that it is really low for my age
what can having low vitamin d to to your body
what are the risks if left untreated
please help
thank you
A. Lots of people have a D deficiency. We use sunscreen and cover up to avoid skin cancer. Fortunately, it is easy to take Vitamin D3 as a supplement, and to get some sun (just a little) to make it yourself.
"Symptoms of bone pain and muscle weakness can mean you have a vitamin D deficiency. However, for many people, the symptoms are subtle. Yet even without symptoms, too little vitamin D can pose health risks. Low blood levels of the vitamin have been associated with the following:
Increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease
Cognitive impairment in older adults
Severe asthma in children
Cancer
Research suggests that vitamin D could play a role in the prevention and treatment of a number of different conditions, including type1 and type 2 diabetes, hypertension, glucose intolerance, and multiple sclerosis.
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"Symptoms of bone pain and muscle weakness can mean you have a vitamin D deficiency. However, for many people, the symptoms are subtle. Yet even without symptoms, too little vitamin D can pose health risks. Low blood levels of the vitamin have been associated with the following:
Increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease
Cognitive impairment in older adults
Severe asthma in children
Cancer
Research suggests that vitamin D could play a role in the prevention and treatment of a number of different conditions, including type1 and type 2 diabetes, hypertension, glucose intolerance, and multiple sclerosis.
"
What type of medicines should be taken when a thyroid is removed?
Q. The doc has me on levothyroxine and calcium pills, shouldnt I take more like potassium and vitamin d?
A. Actually, those medicines are the standard treatment. Removal of the thyroid gland necessitates thyroid hormone replacement, and levothyroxine is the drug of choice. The parathyroid glands are responsible for calcium regulation in the body and must be all or partly removed during a thyroidectomy.
Potassium supplementation shouldn't be necessary unless your thyroid dose is too high. Potassium deficiency results from hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone in the body). As long as your thyroid dose is maintained at appropriate levels, potassium shouldn't be an issue.
Your doctor may check your calcium levels during your routine visits and make adjustments to your dose. Vitamin D helps the body absorb and use calcium, it is created naturally in the skin in response to sunlight and it is also found in fatty fish like salmon and in cow's milk of course.
If your calcium levels are low your doctor might suggest taking a vitamin D supplement. Ask your doctor about adding a vitamin D supplement to your diet, she/he will probably not have a problem with it. Just make sure you let her/him know about any other supplements you take as well.
Good luck to you and I hope you remain healthy!
Potassium supplementation shouldn't be necessary unless your thyroid dose is too high. Potassium deficiency results from hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone in the body). As long as your thyroid dose is maintained at appropriate levels, potassium shouldn't be an issue.
Your doctor may check your calcium levels during your routine visits and make adjustments to your dose. Vitamin D helps the body absorb and use calcium, it is created naturally in the skin in response to sunlight and it is also found in fatty fish like salmon and in cow's milk of course.
If your calcium levels are low your doctor might suggest taking a vitamin D supplement. Ask your doctor about adding a vitamin D supplement to your diet, she/he will probably not have a problem with it. Just make sure you let her/him know about any other supplements you take as well.
Good luck to you and I hope you remain healthy!
What way a Vitamin D Deficiency could be detrimental to pregnant woman and her developing fetus?
Q.
A. From the AJoCN:
Why should anyone be concerned about vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy? After all, the skeletal problems encountered appear to be corrected simply by vitamin D supplementation after delivery. The answer is simple: the function of vitamin D is now known to extend well beyond skeletal integrity and thus it would be a tragedy to ignore this information. Clearly, studies investigating the true vitamin D requirement during pregnancy are warranted.
Indeed, we belive that these studies are essential. As mentioned earlier, we believe that they are important because vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy not only is linked to maternal skeletal preservation and fetal skeletal formation but also is vital to the fetal "imprinting" that may affect chronic disease susceptibility later in life as well as soon after birth. One need only review a recent report by Javaid et al to appreciate the effect of maternal nutritional vitamin D status on childhood bone mineral accrual. The same may well be true for the risks of developing autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (which has recently been linked to seasonality of birth; and rheumatoid arthritis, or of conditions such as malignancy. Most important is the role of nutritional vitamin D status in activating the human innate immune system that is reported by Liu et al. This seminal article described the way in which circulating, through the induction of cathelicidin in macrophages, is able to contain Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This observation could have profound implications with respect to the treatment of a variety of infections. This biomarker of nutritional vitamin D status clearly shows that higher circulating concentrations of 25(OH)D are beneficial to human health. Who would have thought that a "simple nutrient" could possess such global health potential?
Why should anyone be concerned about vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy? After all, the skeletal problems encountered appear to be corrected simply by vitamin D supplementation after delivery. The answer is simple: the function of vitamin D is now known to extend well beyond skeletal integrity and thus it would be a tragedy to ignore this information. Clearly, studies investigating the true vitamin D requirement during pregnancy are warranted.
Indeed, we belive that these studies are essential. As mentioned earlier, we believe that they are important because vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy not only is linked to maternal skeletal preservation and fetal skeletal formation but also is vital to the fetal "imprinting" that may affect chronic disease susceptibility later in life as well as soon after birth. One need only review a recent report by Javaid et al to appreciate the effect of maternal nutritional vitamin D status on childhood bone mineral accrual. The same may well be true for the risks of developing autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (which has recently been linked to seasonality of birth; and rheumatoid arthritis, or of conditions such as malignancy. Most important is the role of nutritional vitamin D status in activating the human innate immune system that is reported by Liu et al. This seminal article described the way in which circulating, through the induction of cathelicidin in macrophages, is able to contain Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This observation could have profound implications with respect to the treatment of a variety of infections. This biomarker of nutritional vitamin D status clearly shows that higher circulating concentrations of 25(OH)D are beneficial to human health. Who would have thought that a "simple nutrient" could possess such global health potential?
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